Kenny enters through the front door, and as he reaches the counter, notices the backroom door is open and so is the secret entrance to a lab that connects to the back of the store. Kenny realizes Henry must be there, as well as he should be more careful about leaving the secret entrance and the backroom door opens. And then Kenny sees his best friend Holly, and David, and there�s Samantha. David, with his interests in technology and how things work, isn�t too big of surprise been there, but if Samantha and Holly there too, then something must be going on, Kenny starting to think, as he wonders why he wasn�t called.
Kenny walks through the backroom and as he gets closer to the secret lab, he starts to hear what�s his friends are saying.
�So we all are in agreement?� David asks.
�Definitely,� Holly agrees.
�Kenny,� Samantha says, as she notices Kenny is in the doorway beside the moved bookshelf.
�Good you�re here,� Henry says, to Kenny�s confusion.
�We were talking about needing an actual leader,� David explains.
�You were?� Kenny asks, as he wonders why he wasn�t apart of the conversation.
�Yeah, David�s brought it up first,� Holly starts. �And I hate to admit it, but he made a good point. The demon attacks going to keep on coming, and its might help that we has an official leader, who can take charge.�
�And we made a vote,� Samantha starts, as Kenny wonders why he wasn�t included. �And we voted that you should lead us.�
�What?� Kenny says, surprised.
�So, congratulates on becoming the leader of the Battle Defenders,� David says to the still surprised Kenny.
Meanwhile, at the Horsemen�s dark cave, Death, Famine, Conquest, and War are standing around the stand orb in the center of the cave as Greling is entering.
�Where you been?!!� Conquest commands to Greling.
�Out to get a little snack,� Greling says, as he licks his lips. �The rats around here are quiet tasty.�
�Just summons me Quakking,� Death orders, causing Greling to walks to the back wall of the cave.
�Why Quakking?� Famine asks.
�We been standing here for hours talking about the Battle Defenders and how they preventing us from completing our mission,� Death tells. �You know he will skin us alive if we fail.�
�So you want to go after the Battle Defenders directly?� War asks. �That won�t allow us to complete our mission.�
�No, it would take those Battle Defenders out of the equation,� Death explains.
�But why Quakking�s in particular?� Conquest asks.
�Remember, when the Battle Defenders fought Argunor,� Death starts. �When Battle Green fell in that crevice.�
�Yeah, and Battle Orange pulled him out,� Famine reminds him.
�But nobody can save them if all of the Battle Defenders fall to their doom,� Death explains, pleasing the other Horsemen.
Greling had placed one hand on the back wall of the cave, �I call upon the wicked and the evil. Come to me, come to this spot: Quakking!�
A bolt of lightning shoots out of the cave�s roof and upon hitting the ground, a creature that resembles a large armadillo with spikes coming out of its shell appears. Quakking looks up to see the Horsemen.
�Ah, it�s an honored to see the Fo-� Quakking starts.
�Enough with that,� War interrupts Quakking.
�Had you heard about the Battle Defenders?� Death asks.
�Yeah, rumor is they are a real pain in the shell,� Quakking says.
�Yeah, and we want you to remove them, permanently,� Death tells him.
Back at BookZ, Samantha is behind the counter, as Kenny is sweeping with a broom. Holly turns away from the CDs on the shelf when she notices Kenny is deep in thought.
�Penny for your thought,� Holly asks Kenny.
�Ah, oh, nothing,� Kenny tells her.
�Now, you know better then tries to keep anything from me,� Holly says, before turns her head to face Samantha, thinking Kenny�s depresses about Samantha�s date with Jeremy yesterday and the fact she said they are going out again next Friday. Holly�s hope Kenny will confesses in her about it.
�Well, I�m not sure if I would be a very good leader,� Kenny says, without notices Holly is looking at Samantha.
�What?� Holly says, spins around her head, surprised. �Kenny, don�t be ridiculous. Listen��
But before Holly could finishes, David rushes out from the backroom, �There�s a demon attack outside the city.�
Samantha and David hurry into the backroom, but Holly stops Kenny for a second.
�Kenny, wait, let�s talk more about this later, okay?� Holly asks, with Kenny nods his head in agreement, before they hurry after their friends.
In just a matter of moments, Kenny, Samantha, David, and Holly had transformed into their armors and mount their individual Battle Cycles after a wall slide open revealing them.
�Battle Cycles, Battle Ready!� The Battle Defenders start down the long tunnel.
The Battle Defenders are driving their Battle Cycles down the long tunnel till they reach a light. Sudden, the back wall of an alley slides back, revealing an opening in the ground, then the Battle Defenders ride their Battle Cycles out of the opening and down the long road, as the back wall closes over the opening.
Miles outside the city, Quakking is looking around, like he�s surveying the area.
�This is the perfect spot,� Quakking says. �Now let�s the fun begins.� Quakking starts to bend over to the ground when four laser blasts hit the ground around him. �Argh! What the?� Quakking looks up to see the Battle Defenders riding on their Battle Cycles toward him. �Ah, party crashers eh?�
Quakking then shoots some of the spikes off his body at the Battle Defenders. They manage to dodge the attacks, but once the spikes hit the ground, they sink into it and the ground starts shaking. After a quick moment, the Battle Defenders aren�t able to stay stable and they fall off their cycles.
�Insert bad rock n� roll joke,� David says, as he and his friends return to their feet.
�Forget the bad jokes, let�s just send this armadillo packing,� Holly tells her friends, before placing the �2� button on her Battle Gauntlet. �Battle Axe, Battle Ready!�
After Holly�s weapon appears in her hand, she jumps up and launches a downward strike at Quakking, but he bends over and the Battle Axe hits his shell, sending off small sparks.
�Nothing happened!� Holly yells, surprised.
�What�s wrong?� Quakking says. �Expect something, like this!� Quakking straights up, and forces Holly off him.
More spikes fly off Quakking�s body at Holly, but suddenly laser beams hit each of the spikes, destroying them in midair. Holly turns to see David�s running toward them with his Battle Laser pointed and his Battle Lance in his other hand.
�Battle Lance, Battle Ready!� David calls as he twirls around his weapon.
�Battle Ready this!� Quakking yells as he fires more spikes at David.
David hits each of the spikes with his lance before taking a swing at Quakking who jumps over it. David turns around and swings his lance again at Quakking, who jumps back.
�Oh great, a relation of Fearor,� David says, before takes a fighting stance with his lance.
�I don�t dodge everything like that wuss, now check this one out,� Quakking shoots more spikes at David.
David starts swing away spikes with his lance, but they soon proves too much and David is hit several times. Quakking starts laughing when he is hit by a laser arrow in his armored shell. He turns to see Samantha with her Battle Bow aim at Quakking and Kenny behind her with his Battle Saber readied.
�Battle Bow, Battle Ready!� Samantha fires two laser arrows, one after the other, at Quakking, which seems to stun him for a second.
Kenny then jumps over Samantha and raises his sword to the air, �Battle Saber, Battle Ready!�
Kenny launches a downward strike with his sword, but Quakking turns around and his sword connects to Quakking�s shell.
�Not even a scratch,� Kenny says, shocked.
�While you�re back there, mind getting rid of an itch I been having for weeks,� Quakking says with a laugh, before throws Kenny off his back and kicks Kenny in the chest.
Kenny rolls onto the ground for a second before his friends regroup around him.
�I�m being analyzing him with my visor,� David says, as Kenny is returning to his feet. �And there don�t seem to be any weak spots in his armor.�
�Well, thanks you for that newscast,� Holly says, sarcasm.
�Now what?� Samantha asks, as Kenny lowers his head trying to come up with an answer.
�How this for a plan: die!� Quakking suddenly grows to a giant size, towering over the Battle Defenders.
Kenny quickly springs to action, �All Mechadum Assemble!� Kenny commands as he presses the �4� button on his Battle Gauntlet.
Across town, by the city�s docks, a platform rises up from the ocean. On the platform is Battle Warrior, next to it is Battle Tank, and on a higher platform behind the tank is Battle Jet.
The Battle Defenders turn into small balls of light and fly into their Mechadum. The Battle Defenders appear in their respective cockpits.
�Battle Warrior, Battle Ready!� Kenny readies his controls.
�Battle Jet, Battle Ready!� David and Samantha ready their controls.
�Battle Tank, Battle Ready!� Holly readies her controls.
The three Mechadum race off the platform and charge toward Fearor.
The Defenders pull the needed switch and together say, �Transform and Combine!�
Battle Warrior�s eyes glow for a second before it jumps up. The cannon on Battle Tank, and the cannon�s platform, rise up. Battle Warrior lands on top of Battle Tank. Battle Tank splits into two halves, as the front and back rises up and connects to Battle Warrior�s legs, as the two remaining sides of Battle Tank disconnects. Battle Jet stops flying and starts hovering over Battle Warrior. A black with silver chrome helmet shoots out of the center of Battle Jet, before Battle Jet lands on Battle Warrior�s shoulder with its head sticking out where the helmet was. The front and back falls down and connects to Battle Warrior�s chest and back, as the remaining pieces of Battle Tank connects to Battle Warrior�s arms and hands. At the same time the cannon�s platform connects to the remaining of Battle Warrior�s back as the cannon connects to the spot below the platform. Then the helmet falls down on Battle Warrior�s head, causing the eyes to glow for a second.
The new Mechadum raises its arms before lowering them back at its sides, as its controllers call out, �Battle Mechadum, Battle Ready!�
�Ever heard of the saying,� Quakking starts as he charges Battle Mechadum. �The bigger they are, the harder they will fall!�
Quakking scratches Battle Mechadum across the chest, before it counters with a punch, but the attack seems to have no effect. Battle Mechadum attacks with a kick to Quakking�s side, but Quakking don�t walk away, seemly unhurt.
�I don�t get it, nothing seems to have any effect,� David says, inside his shared cockpit.
�Kenny, it looks like we might need the Battle Sword,� Holly suggests.
�Hum, right,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit, still thinking about what his friends said. �Release the��
But before Kenny could finishes, Quakking fires spikes at Battle Mechadum, causing sparks to fly off its body and explosions rage around the ground.
�Holly gets us stable, David analyzes the damage, Samantha fires th-, argh!� Kenny starts, inside his cockpit, before the continuing attack worsens.
Suddenly, some of the spikes, that hit the ground, start to sink into it, as the ground shakes violently. Battle Mechadum falls on one knee as the shaking worsens.
�Everyone, you must evacuate Battle Mechadum before the earthquake causes major damage to its systems,� Henry instructs them from the secret lab.
�How can we evacuate from this?� Samantha says, in her shared cockpit, as she tries and fails to get up from her seat.
�Wait, we can reverse the instant transportation,� David says, as he enters some keystrokes. �And there we go.�
The four Battle Defenders transform into balls of light and flies out of their cockpits and lands just couple feet from Battle Defender. With the earthquake keeps on going, the Battle Defenders immediate fall off their feet. Suddenly a cracks open up in the ground under Holly�s feet.
�Argh!� Holly yells as she falls into the crevice.
�Holly, aahh!� David yells as he also falls into the crevice.
�Kenny, they fell- argh!� Samantha yells, as she also falls into the crevice.
�NO!� Kenny yells, as he turns his head to see his friends gone, when suddenly the earthquake stops.
�Ah, I�m so tired, I need a break,� Quakking says, as he turns into yellow mist and flies away.
Kenny gets up on his feet and looks around to see the crevice had sealed itself.
�Samantha! Holly! David!� Kenny falls to his knees and clenches his fists. �NOOO!�
Back at the secret lab behind BookZ, Kenny had returned and reverts out of his armor. Kenny looks at his Transformer in the palm of his hand, with Henry looks at them.
�You made a mistake in choosing me,� Kenny says to Henry.
�No I didn�t, Kenny,� Henry tells him.
�Then they made a mistake in choosing me,� Kenny says, as he turns his attention away from his Transformer to Henry. �They shouldn�t have chosen me to be the leader. I failed them and now they might be gone forever.�
�You didn�t hear what they said before you arrived,� Henry says.
�So what?� Kenny asks.
�They talk about you�re a great friend and they can always count on you,� Henry starts. �They said you care about others and you always to risk your very life to protect someone in danger. They believed in you, Kenny.�
�Still, that doesn�t make me a leader,� Kenny tells him.
�It doesn�t?� Henry asks without looking for an answer. �If that doesn�t make a great leader, I don�t know what then.� Henry can tell Kenny still doesn�t believe it, and then he walks over to the large computer and presses couple buttons. �Kenny, I always observes you and your friends fight and record them, now watch.�
Appear on the screen: a beam falls down behind Kenny and Holly, as they�re in their armor, as the two are in a burning building, with a little girl in Holly�s arms.
�We need to get out of here and fast,� Holly tells Kenny.
�Right,� Kenny says, and then he presses the �#� button on his Battle Gauntlet to contacts Henry. �Henry, can you tell if anyone else is here.�
�No, it�s only you three left,� Henry�s voice comes over their com link.
�Okay,� Kenny presses the �1� button on his Battle Gauntlet. �Battle Laser!� Kenny�s Battle Laser appears on right hand. �Get ready to move.�
Holly nods her head, as she holds the girl closes, and then Kenny fires his Battle Laser at the wall, blasting a hole into it. Suddenly, explosions of fire shoot out of one of the building�s windows. Kenny and Holly, holding the girl, jump out the hole and manage to lands on the street. They turn around to see the now empty building collapses.
Then appear on the screen: Flarlord falls out of Battle Mechadum�s arms, as the two are falling back to terra firma. The flames on Flarlord�s sword appear and he points it toward the coming ground.
�Look!� Samantha says, inside her shared cockpit, as she sees Flarlord. �He won�t!�
�We can�t take that risk,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. �David, get the system back online.�
David starts pressing the keys on his console, �Almost.� David presses a keystroke as the consoles in each of the cockpits come alive and so does Battle Mechadum�s eyes. �There!�
They then see Flarlord is getting ready to shoot fire at the busy streets.
�He�s going to kill them!� Samantha screams, in her shared cockpit.
�No, he�s not,� Kenny says, in his cockpit.
Battle Mechadum spins around in midair and flies around and then toward the falling Flarlord. In a quick moment, Battle Mechadum strikes Flarlord with the Battle Sword. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground, after a creaking stop. It takes a fighting stance with its sword as Flarlord explodes in midair and the people below celebrating at their heroes� victories.
Next that appear on the screen: �Two can play that game,� Fearor jumps high up after Samantha, as she is falling toward him.
In defense, Samantha starts shooting laser arrows as Fearor who punches away each laser arrows as he flies toward Samantha, who started to fall back down.
�David, your lance!� Kenny instructs.
�Right,� David swings his Battle Lance around before throwing it, causing his lance to spin as its flies.
The Battle Lance flies at Fearor, which hits him as it passes. Then the laser arrows start hitting Fearor, causing him to flies back to the ground, hitting the ground.
And finally on the screen: �Now let�s rock and roll,� Fearor says, rubbing his fists.
��Rock and roll,� he�s getting ready to punch the ground again,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit.
�What?� Holly says, realizing that Kenny is right, inside her cockpit.
�I got an idea, we can use the shockwaves just like Samantha did,� Kenny says, inside his cockpit. �But you will have to be quick with the jets, Samantha.�
�I got it under control,� Samantha says, confident.
Fearor punches the ground, causing a green shockwave to emit from the point of impact. But when the shockwave hits, Battle Mecadum jumps up and fires its jets, sending it speed into the sky so fast that it created a sonic boom.
Suddenly Fearor sees Battle Mechadum flying down him with the sun behind it and the Battle Cannon pointing.
�Battle Cannon, Fire!� the Battle Defenders shout.
The Battle Cannon fires a large blast that hits through Fearor. Battle Mechadum lands on the ground and readies its Battle Cannon as Fearor is consumed by a large explosion.
Henry presses a button, causing the screen returns to the same image as before.
�See, Kenny, you been leading them for weeks,� Henry tells him.
�I�m just trying to keep everyone safe, that is the only thing on my mind the entire time,� Kenny explains.
�And that makes a great leader,� Henry says. �Because you want to keep everyone safe, that why your friends chose you and that why they didn�t make a mistake.� As Kenny lowers his head in thought, Henry turns to see three circles had appeared on a map of the area the Battle Defenders were fighting Quakking in. �There they are!�
�What?� Kenny says, surprised.
�The others,� Henry starts to explain. �I�m been trying to detect the signal from their Transformers, but all the rocks and sediments must be interfering, but I got them now.� Kenny joins by Henry to look at the screen. �It looks like they are trapped in a cavern underground.�
�A cavern?� Kenny asks, wondering about it.
�Yeah, there are underground caverns spread around Crestview Heights,� Henry says. �But I�m afraid the one they�re in could collapse, if not then, with three of them there and a limited air supply in their suits and not very big of an oxygen pocket, they might runs out of air soon. We need to get them out of there and fast.�
�And I might have an idea,� Kenny says.
In a couple of moments, Kenny had transformed back into his armor and reenter Battle Mechadum. Its eyes glow before Battle Mechadum returns to both feet.
�Overdrive code: Hikari 1301995,� Kenny says, before looks at his controls. �It work I got control of the entire system.� Kenny enters some keystrokes.
A handle comes out of the cannon on Battle Mechadum�s back as it reaches around to grab it and pull it out, as Kenny yells, �Battle Cannon, Battle Ready!� Battle Mechadum points the cannon at the ground.
Kenny enters more buttons, �Now narrows the cannon�s beam, and enters the correct angle and I hope this work. Battle Cannon, Fire!
Battle Mechadum fires a narrowed laser beam at the ground for couple seconds before finally stopping, created what appeared to be a long tunnel in the ground.
Kenny watches closely at the tunnel, waiting anxiety for his friends to appear, �Was I�m too late? D-Did they ran out of air? Are they��
Suddenly, Samantha is climbing out of the tunnel, follows by Holly and then David, still in their armor with some dirt falling off their armored bodies.
�They�re alive!� Kenny yells, excited, before starting to get up.
�Genius!� David yells as he looks up at Battle Mechadum. �Narrowing the Battle Cannon�s beam to creates an underground tunnel at an angle, great job, Henry!�
�No, something like this is definite Kenny�s idea,� Holly says.
Suddenly, Kenny runs over to his friends, happy to see them, �I�m so glad you guys are okay, I�m afraid you are dead.�
�Well, we know you will find a way to save us,� Samantha says.
�Really?� Kenny says, with his friends nod their head in response, as Kenny blushes behind his helmet.
�None of you are safe, now that I�ve rest up,� Quakking says, causing the Battle Defenders to turn around to see he had returned.
�We see about that,� Kenny says, as all four of them press the �2� button on their Battle Gauntlets, causing their individual weapons to appear in their hands.
�Battle Defenders, Battle Ready!�
�I got a plan, follow my lead,� Kenny tells his friends.
�I knew you had potential, lad,� David jokes.
�Now taste my spikes!� Quakking yells, before shooting spikes at the Battle Defenders.
�David, Holly, hit away the spikes,� Kenny instructs as he also hit away the spikes with his saber. �Samantha, fire your laser arrows at the spikes� origins.�
As her friends use their weapons to swat away the spikes, Samantha starts to fire laser arrows at each point on Quakking�s shell where spikes were a moment ago. As sparks shoot off Quakking�s shell, causing cracks to appear on his shell. He then notices David and Holly charging toward him. The two jumps up and strike with their weapons and together form a x-shaped strike, knocking Quakking backward.
�Argh, don�t matter, I will crush you in that oversize tin can,� Quakking says, as he starting to recover.
�I don�t think so,� Kenny says. �You almost killed my friends, and I won�t let you put anyone else in danger!�
Kenny jumps up and enters a flip before firing his Battle Saber, causing it to get struck in the back of Quakking�s shell. Kenny quickly kick jump off the ground again and flip in midair before kicking the end of his saber�s handle, causing it to go deeper in Quakking�s shell. Kenny lands behind and stands straight up before Quakking is engulfed in a large explosion. Kenny picks up his Battle Saber, as his friends join around him, congratulating him.
Meanwhile, the Horsemen had been watching the entire fight from their orb within their dark cave.
�Another demon bites the dust,� Famine says.
�There�s got to be a way to kill them,� Death says, thinking to his self.
�No, we can�t waste our time focusing on killing them,� Conquest says.
�But we can�t let them interfere either,� War tells him.
�Yeah, but we must complete our mission at all cost,� Conquest says. �So let�s we do it; we just won�t go after them directly.�
�I see, we go to complete our mission and then the Battle Defenders try to stop us,� War says. �So then we will kill them.�
�That what we been doing before today and it hadn�t gotten us anywhere,� Death tells them.
�Yeah, but if we don�t complete our mission in time, he will pull us into the underworld and we will spend the rest of existence in total damnation,� Famine reminds Death.
�Fine, we will continue as normal,� Death finally agrees. �And let�s hope our creator won�t become our destroyer.�
Back at BookZ, Kenny is facing Samantha, David, and Holly in front of the counter.
�Hum, guys, I had decided to accept your decision as leader,� Kenny tells his friends. �And I hope I will make you proud.�
�Don�t have to worries about that, Kenny,� Samantha says, putting a smile on Kenny�s face.
�So, I guess this is official, the Battle Defenders now have their official leader,� Holly says.
�Demons of the world beware, we take no prisoners,� David says, causing everyone to laugh.
Next time on Battle Defenders:
Something is wrong with Samantha. But what?
Can Kenny figure it out, before Samantha�s fate is sealed?
On the next Battle Defenders.